Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story now, because we have $13,000 in prizes available! Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Storymakers Events.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Our NetSquared leaders are currently holding free events in 24 countries and meet with their local TechSoup partners to collaborate on how to best support nonprofits in their country. Find your local #Tech4Good group. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Melbourne, Australia: charity: water … A digital success story. Vancouver, Canada: Enhancing your Story with Digital Tools. Kakamega Town, Kenya: Netsquared Kenya Regional Meeting /Kakamega County. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? Tuesday, October 1. Monday, October 28.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2014

And if you don’t have a local group, we’ll help you start your own. Busia, Kenya: Open web :exploring principles behind web maker ,ugunja mozilla network. Wellington, New Zealand: Advocacy – how can using a digital soap box work for you. Busia, Kenya: Hackathon -New Technologies and young talents-kenya.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Looking for inspiration or hands-on help with your digital storytelling? Kisumu, Kenya: Storymakers 2016 — Kisumu. Thursday, March 31.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

and 47% of whom are female, spend a collective 3 billion hours per week on digital games! GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. Social Impact Through Digital Games. In Education.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Not only will you be contributing your skills to local nonprofits, but you’ll also be building your reputation and connecting with your tribe. Busia, Kenya: Hackathon: -New Technologies and young talents-Kenya. Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of local members. You should, because it’s awesome fun.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. Busia, Kenya. NetSquared Kenya and Mozilla Caravan (Kisumu City, Kenya). Net2 KenyaWise Program.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. Busia, Kenya. NetSquared Kenya and Mozilla Caravan (Kisumu City, Kenya). Net2 KenyaWise Program.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

But while global experts search for solutions to bridge the worsening digital divide for women, it turns out the answers are at our fingertips. It’s time to take a closer look at how we can boost the feminine digital revolution—a revolution that is already underway. The women I work with every day are ready.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Kakamega, Kenya: Kakamega Maker Party. Busia, Kenya: Maker Party Western Kenya. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de como hacer Estilos Sociales para el mundo digital. Feeling overwhelmed? and the globe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My experience so far has been to develop curriculum – mostly focused on technology that is adapted in different countries by local organizations. This design was a participatory process and was intended to provide an opportunity for deep reflective process.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2014

They change the topic and format each month (but this September most groups will be focusing on digital storytelling ), so there’s going to be something of interest to you soon! Or if you’re in Kenya check out the computer training workshops in rural schools. So join your local group to get alerts about upcoming gatherings.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Find your local #Tech4Good group. Los Angeles, California: Nonprofit and Cause Marketing with Digital Media. Portland, Oregon: Get 'Er Done: Surveying Digital Project Management Tools. Morrisville, North Carolina: Digital Inclusion Fellows — What's Next? Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Kampala, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Feeling overwhelmed? and the globe. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

So join your local NetSquared group and start participating in the conversation. And if you don’t have a local group we’ll help you start your own. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: April Meeting of local members. Busia, Kenya: mozilla western kenya follow ups -openness,opportuni­ty on the open web.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Portland, OR: Visual Storytelling & Growing Your Digital Media and Protecting It. Kisumu, Kenya: Mozilla Make a Party Western Kenya joins together with Netsquared Kenya.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Not only will you be contributing your skills to local nonprofits, you'll also be building your reputation and connecting with your tribe. Vancouver, British Columbia: Digital Storytelling — Production to Distribution. Austin, Texas: Google Digital Inclusion Fellowship — NTEN, Skillpoint, and Austin Free-Net.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Starting on August 26th NetSquared organizers are holding digital storytelling events as part of the Storymakers campaign. Naples, FL: Digital Storytelling Workshop. Toronto, Canada: Digital Storytelling. Portland, OR: Digital storytelling for fun and nonprofits. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. September 2.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

One cool project that came out of a RHoK event is InfoPlace Kenya , an Android application for information and directions of essential places in Kenya like hospitals, tourists attractions, restaurants, educational facilities, and more. The challenges invite social activists and techies to create web-based tools to tackle local issues.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Abuja, Nigeria: A Well-Told Digital Story Is Powerful. Wednesday, May 11. Saturday, May 14.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. So far we've scheduled events in Kenya and Uganda, and will be adding more cities throughout the fall. Raleigh, North Carolina: Digital Inclusion. Busia, Kenya: Office 365 Workshop Train the Trainer NetSquared Kisumu.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local has adopted the core strategies of theme months to increase network cohesion and regional hubs to scale our ability to support local organizers. Fourteen Net2Local groups descended on their communities in full costume and delivered one-on-one training to local social benefit organizers. China, Cameroon, Uganda and Kenya.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Melbourne, Australia: How to Deliver in Digital with Limited Resources and High Expectations. Busia, Kenya. Maker Party Western Kenya. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Wellington, New Zealand: Don’t Get Dumped Like a Whale! Internet Safety for Community Groups.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. Local communities were. We wanted to share stories of that help and local support, otherwise everything would have been confounded in misery. We had to work closely to support local clubs in navigating this. People have lost their jobs.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! Washington, DC: Digital Trends — Look Back at 2015 and Ahead at 2016. Mukono, Uganda: Digital Activism.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. Ushahidi has developed multiple software tools now that are in use in well over 100 countries and dozens local languages. Creative Digital Inclusion Work.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Los Angeles, California: Using Technology in Local Activism. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Kisumu City, Kenya: Netsquared Safer Internet 2017: Be the Change; Unite for a Better Internet. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

Brooklyn, New York: Protecting Data in the Digital Age for Nonprofits. Burlington, Vermont: Digital Storytelling Fundamentals. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet Campaign: February 10th - March 25th. Thursday, January 15, 2015. Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. gear up to administer standardized tests digitally next year. As our digital selves develop in to significant mirror presences, someone else will probably own them. Social Media.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

She says: “I like to reach communities that we haven’t reached before in the developing world like what we’re doing to bridge the digital divide with the Aga Khan Development Network in Mozambique. We connect the local with global resources. The project is active in Iraq and Kenya.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Digital Wallets. Strange News. Accessibility.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Back in my May Nonprofit Technology News edition, I covered the emerging field of digital wallets. mobile payment system in Kenya that allows people there to text each other money. It’s still not as good a deal as your trusty local library. • Data management • Drones. Sending Money By Email. Oyster costs $9.95

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Starting in the mid-1990s, telecenters provided a relatively quick and measurable way (# computers bought, # people trained) to show change in access (digital divide) and capacity building (Microsoft UP). A limiting factor, to scale up, will remain the local technical capacity to support and “own” these systems over time. .

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